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Universal WOODS ENGLISH CHESTNUT · LABURNUM LOGS • EUROPEAN PLUM WRITE FOR FREE PRICE LIST PERNAMBUCO AIR DRIED & KILN DRIED FLITCH CUT LOGS COMPREHENSIVE STOCK AVAILABLE FROM 1" TO 6" BOXWOOD • CORDIA • ROSEWQODS ENGLISH BROWN OAK • EBONY MINIMUM MAIL ORDER $100.00 137 JOHN STREET, TORONTO. CANADA M5V 2E4 . 363-1161 FROU TOOL CD. Ltd. 11 GERMAN BACK SAW 931<1" blade ROSEWOOD MORTISE GAUGE -w. FREE 1979 CATALOG WITH ORDER CATALOG ALONE- S 1.00 points. A nice thin blade saw for small cutoff and detail work The maximum depth of cut is SALE PRICE Catalo Included 175E $4.50 p d. Solid brass thumbscrew and slide. The mortise gauge has two marking needles on one side that can be spread by means of a movable slide and a single needle on the other for regular marking. $ 7.50 ppd. Ground on all sides and accurate to .OO6�'-Measures wide Agents for the hole · a great tool for layout work $14.50 ppd. ORD ONE METER STRAI 11/2" x 14 lis" Dept. FW/541 N. Franklin St'/Chicago. MYF lAlliE IL GHT EDGE thick · Low Carbon Steel · with hang-up with catalog 60610/(312) 644·5999 with catalog 1 % �' Foot goes here way to hold down a piece that has to be moved frequently, for carving and fine work. It even could be made deluxe with straps and a foot rest. D. Young, Scotch Plains, N.J. Homemade clamp An inexpensive and fast-acting clamp for securing work to jigs and bench tops can be made from a bolt, a straight mending plate of corresponding strength, a wing nut, two washers, a nut and a wedge. Choose a bolt of sufficient diameter for your application. If the wood in which the clamp is to sit is thick enough and a permanently protruding bolt will not be objectionable, a hanger bolt will make installation simpler. If you have to, enlarge the first hole from one of the ends of the mending plate to allow a loose fit with the bolt. Then bend the mending plate about 20· or so at the location of this hole. To use, unscrew the wing nut so the work and a protective scrap piece can pass below the shorter bent edge of the mending plate. Keeping the bent section parallel to the work surface ensures even pressure and reduces the chance of marring the work. To engage the clamp, simply push in the wooden wedge. To unclamp, first press on the thinnest part of the wedge Enlarge hole, necessary, and bend here. If Methods of Work is a forum for readers to exchange the tools, Jigs and tricks they 've devised. Send precise details, sketches (we 'll redraw them) and negatives with photographs, 1/ any. We pay at the rate of $100 per magazine page, minimum $20, upon publication. Ltd. SPECIALTY FOREIGN & DOMESTIC HARDWOODS & SOFTWOODS VENEERS LUMBER FOR EVERY WOODWORKING APPLICATION EUROPEAN OVER 80 SPECIES AVAILABLE: Less is more I have any number of expensive, cumbersome, time·consuming holddown clamps for carving, but this rig beats them aIL I discovered it while visiting China last summer. It's an easy Place carving here